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Install hexapoda with Homebrew
Colorful modal hex editor. Version 0.2.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-08.
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Additional install commands
overview
Package summary
Colorful modal hex editor
Project links
Commands and aliases
- hexapoda
history
Project history and usage
hexapoda is a colorful modal hex editor written in Rust and documented through its project website.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in March 2026 and describes hexapoda as a colorful modal hex editor. The README explains that the name comes from the Hexapoda subphylum and points to the website for fuller documentation.
Adoption history
The install page recommends Homebrew and also documents Cargo, cargo-binstall, and manually downloaded release binaries. The Homebrew formula packages GitHub release archives, while the input package metadata records Homebrew as the package-manager entry for this batch.
How it is used
hexapoda is a full-screen modal editor for binary files. Its documentation emphasizes color-coding bytes by value and a TOML config file that can remap modal commands, including movement, selection, repeat, goto, replace, and delete actions.
Why package nerds care
hexapoda is a compact example of the newer Rust terminal-editor wave: modal editing ideas applied to binary data, shipped with a project website, generated schema-backed configuration, release binaries, and Homebrew/Cargo installation routes.
Timeline
- 2026-03: GitHub repository created.
- 2026-05: 0.2.x releases published on GitHub.
- 2026-06: v0.2.4 release published and packaged by Homebrew.
Related projects
- hexapoda sits closer to interactive hex editors such as hexedit and hexcurse than to one-shot dumpers such as hexdump, xxd, hx, or hexd.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for hexapoda. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hexapoda.toml~/.config/hexapoda.toml- Windows
%APPDATA%\hexapoda.toml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
hexapoda | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.2.4
manager updated2026-06-08
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.2.4
https://github.com/simonomi/hexapoda
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:hexapoda |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hexapoda |
| Homepage | https://simonomi.dev/hexapoda |
| Repository | https://github.com/simonomi/hexapoda |
| Upstream docs | https://simonomi.dev/hexapoda |
| License | GPL-3.0-only |
| Source archive | https://github.com/simonomi/hexapoda/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.4.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-08T21:43:08Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | hexapoda |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment